An Advocate of Tough-On-Crime Measures Is Interested in Showing the Rise

question 17

Multiple Choice

An advocate of tough-on-crime measures is interested in showing the rise in crime rates. He wants to present a graph in which the rise in crime is exaggerated. To do so, he should do which of the following?

• A) shorten the horizontal axis
• B) lengthen the vertical axis
• C) create bars of equal width
• D) eliminate cross-hatching

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